July 31/09 8:34 am - Pan Am Championships Day 5 report

Posted by Editoress on 07/31/09

First, some news about the Wednesday night session with Sprint quarter finals, where Travis Smith advanced to semis and Joe Veloce lost, to come back and contest the 5 to 8 final where he finished 7th overall.

In the same session Daniele de Franchesi and Mark McDonald finished in 6th place in the Madison.

Also on Wednesday night, Canada’s Tara Whitten won a gold medal in the women’s omnium and Monique Sullivan finished 4th in the sprints barely missing a medal.